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12 manga like ARMS
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with ARMS (action, mystery, sci-fi), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like ARMS
Also by Ryouji Minagawa1. SPRIGGAN
by Hiroshi Takashige, Ryouji Minagawa
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi (shared)
Ancient civilisations left behind technologies powerful enough to change the modern world. Their surviving relics attract governments, soldiers and other groups eager to claim that power. The ARCAM organisation sends its elite agents, known as Spriggans, to keep dangerous discoveries from falling into the wrong hands. Yu Ominae is one of those agents, a young operative whose advanced equipment and combat skills place him between rival forces and the secrets they seek. Ruins become battlefields, archaeological mysteries become urgent missions, and opponents with extraordinary abilities turn each assignment into more than a straightforward recovery operation. Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa combine adventure, military action and speculative archaeology. The appeal lies in the collision of ancient mysteries with modern technology, supported by energetic mechanical artwork and a hero who must decide when the past should be uncovered and when its most dangerous achievements should remain buried.
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Superpowers · Sci-Fi2. Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor
by Yoshiki Takaya
- Action (shared)
- Horror
- Sci-Fi (shared)
Sho Fukamachi is an ordinary student until an encounter with a mysterious device changes his body and his life. The object bonds with him to form the Guyver, a powerful suit of living armour. What first appears to be an impossible accident makes him a target for an organisation determined to recover its lost technology. Chronos sends its transformed fighters after the armour, placing Sho's friends in danger as well. With Tetsuro drawn into the secret, Sho must learn what his new body can do while confronting opponents whose human appearances conceal something very different. Every fight raises further questions about the equipment and those who created it. Yoshiki Takaya combines superhero action with biological science fiction and unsettling transformations. The armour's organic design and the expanding conflict give the series its identity, while Sho's struggle to protect his own life keeps the enormous powers personal.
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Superpowers · Mystery3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable
by Hirohiko Araki
- Action (shared)
- Comedy
- Mystery (shared)
- Slice of Life
In April 1999, Jotaro Kujo arrives in Morioh, a quiet seaside town in Japan, to find Josuke Higashikata, the secret son of his grandfather, Joseph Joestar. Josuke is a cheerful, good-natured high-school student with a pompadour he will fight anyone for insulting, and he already has a Stand that can repair anything. The two discover that a mysterious bow and arrow have been creating new Stand users all over town. With friends such as the timid Koichi, the simple-minded Okuyasu and the eccentric manga artist Rohan Kishibe, Josuke protects Morioh from strange threats, and uncovers a serial killer hiding among its residents who only wants to live a quiet life. The fourth part of Hirohiko Araki's saga is a small-town mystery full of the strangest neighbours in manga. It was adapted into an anime and a live-action film.
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Superpowers · Sci-Fi4. Psyren
by Toshiaki Iwashiro
- Action (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Sci-Fi (shared)
Ageha Yoshina is a tough, good-hearted high-school student who runs a business solving other people's problems. When his classmate Sakurako Amamiya mysteriously disappears after whispering "Save me", he finds a red telephone card with the word Psyren on it. Answering a public phone pulls Ageha into a deadly game, set in a ruined, monster-filled world where players must survive to return home. Those who make it back awaken psychic powers, and discover that the wasteland of Psyren is Japan's future. With Sakurako and other survivors, Ageha sets out to uncover how the world ended, and to stop it from happening. Toshiaki Iwashiro's series is a gripping blend of survival game, psychic battles and time-travel mystery, with a cult following among Shonen Jump readers.
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Superpowers · Sci-Fi5. Kaiju No. 8
by Naoya Matsumoto
- Action (shared)
- Sci-Fi (shared)
Japan is plagued by kaiju, giant monsters that attack without warning, and the Defense Force exists to destroy them. Kafka Hibino, thirty-two, spends his days in a much less glamorous job: cleaning up their carcasses after the battles. As a boy he promised his friend Mina Ashiro that they would fight kaiju together, but while she became a celebrated captain, he gave up after failing the entrance exam. Encouraged by his young co-worker Reno Ichikawa, Kafka decides to try again, just as a small, strange creature crawls into his mouth. He wakes up able to turn into a powerful kaiju himself, soon labelled Kaiju No. 8 by the very force he wants to join. Now he must pass the exam, fight beside rookies such as the fiercely talented Kikoru Shinomiya and hide what he is. Naoya Matsumoto's series became one of the biggest hits of Shonen Jump+, a story about never being too old to chase a dream. It was adapted into an anime by Production I.G.
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Sci-Fi · Mystery6. Dimension W
by Yuji Iwahara
- Action (shared)
- Drama
- Mystery (shared)
- Sci-Fi (shared)
In 2072, the world's energy crisis has long been solved by Coils, devices that draw energy from a fourth dimension, known as Dimension W. Nearly everything runs on them, but unlicensed Coils are illegal and dangerous. Kyoma Mabuchi, a gruff man who refuses to use Coils himself and drives an old petrol car, makes his living as a Collector, recovering illegal Coils for the authorities. On one job he crosses paths with Mira, a mysterious girl who turns out to be an extraordinarily advanced android. Their uneasy partnership draws them closer to the secrets of Dimension W, and to Kyoma's own buried past. Yuji Iwahara's series is a stylish science-fiction mystery with action, investigation and a sharp look at the human cost of technological progress. It was adapted into an anime.
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Superpowers · Shounen7. One Piece
by Eiichiro Oda
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
As a boy, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired by the pirate Red-Haired Shanks to set out to sea. Eating a Devil Fruit gave his body the properties of rubber and took away his ability to swim, an inconvenient trade for a life at sea. Undeterred, he sails off alone in a small boat, vowing to find the legendary treasure called the One Piece and become King of the Pirates. Along the way he gathers the Straw Hat crew: the swordsman Zoro, the navigator Nami, the sniper Usopp, the cook Sanji, the reindeer doctor Chopper and more, each with a dream as fierce as his own. Every island brings new customs, villains and friends, and the journey into the Grand Line slowly reveals a world ruled by power and hiding a forbidden history. Eiichiro Oda's adventure has run in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1997 and is the best-selling manga series of all time. Funny, moving and enormous in scope, it has been adapted into a long-running anime, many films and a live-action series.
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Superpowers · Shounen8. Hunter × Hunter
by Yoshihiro Togashi
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Fantasy
Gon Freecss grew up on a remote island believing his father was dead, until he learned that Ging was alive and working as a Hunter, one of the elite licensed to explore the world's wonders and dangers. Determined to find him, Gon sets out to take the Hunter Exam, a gruelling test that kills many of those who try. On the way he meets companions who become his closest friends: the would-be doctor Leorio, the vengeful Kurapika, last of the Kurta clan, and Killua, the runaway heir of a family of assassins. Their adventures range from tournaments and heists to a deadly game world and a war against a new species, built on Nen, one of manga's most intricate power systems. Yoshihiro Togashi's series constantly reinvents itself, mixing adventure with strategy and moral ambiguity. Despite long breaks in publication, it remains one of the most admired shonen manga, and was adapted into an acclaimed anime.
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Superpowers · Sci-Fi9. Dragon Ball Super
by Akira Toriyama, Toyotarou
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi (shared)
After the defeat of Majin Buu, peace has returned to Earth and Goku is getting bored. His wife Chi-Chi wants him to get a job, but all he wants is to train and fight stronger opponents. Meanwhile, the God of Destruction Beerus wakes from a long sleep with his attendant Whis, searching for a worthy rival he saw in a dream: a Super Saiyan God. Beerus's arrival opens up a much larger universe. Goku and Vegeta train under Whis, reach new forms, face villains such as Goku Black and enter the Tournament of Power against fighters from other universes, where whole worlds are at stake. Based on Akira Toriyama's story and drawn by his long-time successor Toyotarou, Dragon Ball Super continues the legendary saga with gods, angels and battles of unprecedented scale. It was adapted into an anime and feature films.
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Superpowers · Shounen10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean
by Hirohiko Araki
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Crime
- Supernatural
In 2011, Jolyne Cujoh, the daughter of Jotaro Kujo, is framed for a crime she did not commit and sentenced to fifteen years in Green Dolphin Street Prison in Florida. Inside, a pendant from her estranged father awakens a Stand within her: Stone Free, which lets her unravel her body into string. The prison is full of Stand users, many of them sent to kill Jolyne and her father as part of a plan connected to DIO's legacy. With unlikely allies such as the tough Ermes Costello, the plankton creature F.F. and the mysterious Weather Report, Jolyne fights to save her father and uncover the scheme of the prison chaplain, Enrico Pucci. The sixth part of Hirohiko Araki's legendary saga is its first with a female lead, a bold, inventive and emotional story that takes the series to unexpected places. It was adapted into an anime.
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Sci-Fi · Mystery11. No. 6
by Atsuko Asano, Hinoki Kino
- Action (shared)
- Drama
- Mystery (shared)
- Sci-Fi (shared)
In the computer-controlled city of No. 6, everything is clean, safe and planned. Shion, a gifted twelve-year-old, has an elite education and a comfortable future ahead of him. On the night of a typhoon, he shelters a wounded boy his own age who calls himself Rat, a fugitive from the city's authorities. That single act of kindness costs Shion his place in the city. Four years later, events force Shion outside the walls into the West Block, a poor district of people the city has abandoned, where Rat lives by his wits. There Shion meets characters such as the dog keeper Inukashi and starts to see how much of No. 6's perfection is built on secrets, and how little he really knew about the place he called home. Adapted from Atsuko Asano's novels with art by Hinoki Kino, No. 6 is a dystopian story about friendship, truth and the hidden price of a perfect city. The bond between gentle Shion and sharp, guarded Rat is its beating heart. The novels were also adapted into an anime.
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Superpowers · Shounen12. Reborn!
by Akira Amano
- Action (shared)
- Comedy
Tsunayoshi Sawada, known to everyone at school as Useless Tsuna, is bad at studying, bad at sports and bad at talking to the girl he likes. Then a baby in a fedora arrives at his door: Reborn, the world's greatest hitman, sent to train Tsuna as the next boss of the Vongola, one of the most powerful mafia families in Italy. Reborn's teaching methods involve live ammunition and very little patience. Soon Tsuna's life fills with eccentric friends and would-be guardians: a hot-headed bomber, a cheerful baseball player and a dangerous prefect among them, along with rival families who want the Vongola's power for themselves. Akira Amano's series begins as a riotous school comedy and grows into an action saga of rings, flames and loyal friends, as a reluctant boy learns that strength means protecting the people around him. It ran in Weekly Shonen Jump for eight years and was adapted into a long-running anime.
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